70 The Scalacronica. 



Bishops and Earls of Scotland surrendered to him the sovereign 

 lordship over Scotland by their letters. This was confirmed by 

 Pope Gregory's Bull. The others, who were not indefatigable 

 for the deliverance of their King and were not there, did not agree 

 to this. Wherefore he took with him into Scotland many of the 

 vounger sons of the Lords of England, who bore him goodwill ; 

 and to them he gave the lands of those who were rebellious againlSt 

 him. They were those of the Balliols, Bruyses, Soulis, Mowbrays, 

 Saynclers, Hayes, Giffards, Ramesays, Laundels, Biseys, Berk- 

 levs, Valenges, Boyses, Mountgomeries, Vans, Colebyles, 

 Frysers, Grames, Gourlays, and several others. On his return 

 to Scotland King William founded the Abbey of Abirbrothocke in 

 honour of St. Thomas of Canterbury. William gave to Henry 

 several of the great Lords of Scotland, Earls and Barons, as 

 hostages ; also the Castles of Edynburgh, Roxburgh, and Berewik. 

 Henry then entrusted the Castle of Edinburgh to the said 

 William, and gave him his cousin Ermengarde to wife. This 

 Queen founded the Abbey of Balmorinagh. William came to 

 the Parliament at Xorthampton, and then went with the King to 

 Normandy. Richard, the son of Henry, the son of the Empress, 

 was crowned at Westminster by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, on the 30th August, in the year of the Incarnation, 1190. 

 King William of Scotland was present and did homage to King 

 Richard. He sold to King William the Castles of Berewik and 

 Roxburghe, which had been handed to his father as sureties, as 

 well as the banks of the water of Twede. After Richard's 

 return from the Crusade he was crowned over again at Winchester, 

 where William, King of Scotland, was present. At the same time 

 William's brother David, Earl of Huntingdon, took to wife the 

 daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester. King John met King 

 William of Scotland at Lincoln, where after a long negotiation the 

 said William did him homage in the sight of the people, and swore 

 to be faithful and loyal upon the cross of Hubert, Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, in the presence of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. 

 King John marched with an army to Berewik, and determined to 

 build a castle again on the other side of the Twede ; but William 

 made peace with him after beginning a rebellion. For this he 

 gave hostages. 



After his father's death Alexander, the son of King William, 



